When we want to help the poor . . .

“When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem and finding the solution for it. Charity becomes a way to shrug off our responsibility. But charity is no solution to poverty. Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor. Charity allows us to go ahead with our own lives without worrying about the lives of the poor. Charity appeases our consciences.”

“I believe that we can create a poverty-free world because poverty is not created by poor people. It has been created and sustained by the economic and social systems that we have designed for ourselves; the institutions and concepts that make up that system; the policies that we pursue.”

― Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

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Community Support

As an action of honor and to assist members of our community who may find themselves in need of some basic support at this time, please consider bringing some bottled water, bags of rice, pasta, lentils, beans, other non-perishable food items, personal hygiene items including toothpaste, shampoo, soap to all community gatherings sponsored by The FUSION Foundation. We will deliver these offerings to Joshua Tree Feed Program and Desert Mission Food Bank.

Together we all make a significant difference. Thank you for your support.

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